PC drivers represent essential software components that are used by devices to interact with computer operating systems. Drivers are the files which the operating system and hardware devices use to send or receive data. For the following reviews we used Acer Aspire laptop, with Windows 7 64-bit system, 3 GB RAM.
Driver Booster
- ✔ 3M driver database
- ✔ Digital signed drivers
- ✔ Silent installation
Driver Easy
- ✔ Driver sources
- ✔ Driver scan scheduler
- ✔ Huge drivers database
DriverFix
- ✔ Drivers export
- ✔ One-click installation
- ✔ Drivers Backupper
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| ✔ One-click ✔ Extra tools ✔ WHQL compilance | ||||
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Works on Windows (10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP), regularly checks all drivers on devices, installs all drivers in one click. Database of over 2 million files, including drivers by Intel, Nvidia, AMD etc. Its application ensures stable system performance. Based on user reviews provided, that are only positive for the most part, the average ration of the program is 4.8 out of 5.
- Driver Booster Props
- ✔ Support for all Windows versions
- ✔ Backups for all updates
- ✔ Automatic reboot or shut down option
- Driver Booster Cons
- ✘ Translations only partial
- ✘ No alerts about missing drivers
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| ✔ One-click ✔ Extra tools ✔ WHQL compilance | ||||
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With Driver Easy, you can update all your drivers with just 1 click, so Windows runs smoothly again. Driver Easy, as one of the tools among driver updater software, was developed in 2009 specifically to ease the task of device identification, driver search and update. Scanning will display drivers to update. Driver Easy settings are user-friendly, straightforward and contain all necessary functions.
- Driver Easy Props
- ✔ Automatic driver checks
- ✔ Large driver database
- ✔ 30-day money back guarantee
- Driver Easy Cons
- ✘ No MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android
- ✘ Ads in free version
- ✘ Slow download speeds
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| ✔ Offline version ✔ Updater ✔ 40 languages | ||
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This is a free program that scans the system to install missing or to update out-of-date drivers. There are two versions: SDI Full and SDI Lite. SDI Full is an offline version, to use without Internet connection, it includes the entire driver databases (14.6 GB). If you've lost your driver discs, you're unable to find drivers on the manufacturer's web site or Windows Update can't configure your hardware, use this tool to quickly find and install all missing drivers. If you're a PC technician, keep Snappy Driver Installer on your USB flash drive or external hard drive and take it with you wherever you go.
- Snappy Driver Installer Pros
- ✔ Free
- ✔ Both desktop and portable versions
- Snappy Driver Installer Cons
- ✘ Dated interface
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| ✔ Diagnostics ✔ Scan ✔ Fix | ||||||
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Scan, update and fix your drivers to make your PC work like it should. Automatically fix and update over 500,000 drivers for peak PC performance. Less freezing and crashing. PC, uninterrupted performance. This utility allows to automate regular updates of hardware drivers in order to maintain stability of the Windows operating system. Avast Driver Updater detects real-time updates, constantly expanding its 500,000 database.
- Avast Driver Updater Pros
- ✔ Automatic driver checks
- ✔ Ability to backup and restore
- ✔ Low resource consumption
- Avast Driver Updater Cons
- ✘ No free version, only trial
- ✘ No support for MacOS, Linux, Android
- ✘ Does not display driver sources
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| ✔ Driver Health Check ✔ Drivers Removing ✔ Device Identifier | ||||||
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Health check analyzes your computer and helps you to keep it reliable and up to date by fixing the detected issues. Scheduler is convenient and gives you peace of mind, as all you ever have to do is fix an issue once it has been detected. A check is performed in the background every two weeks by default, but you can choose from four different intervals in the settings. With driver update & restore you can automatically update, restore or install the drivers that you choose. You can download drivers from our extensive driver database, which contains more than ten million drivers, or use your own driver backups. Driver cleaner enables you to completely clean the software and driver entries that were at any time installed for a device.
- Driver Fusion Pros
- ✔ Exclude list for driver updates
- ✔ Distinguishes signed and WHQL drivers
- ✔ Can be used for system diagnosis
- Driver Fusion Cons
- ✘ Very limited scheduler
- ✘ No tray app
- ✘ Collecting user statistics by default
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| ✔ 2 300 000 database ✔ One-click update ✔ Automatic driver checks | ||||
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DriverMax allows you to download the latest driver updates for your computer. No more searching for some rare driver on discs or on the web. No more driver CD after the other. Just create a free account, log in, and start downloading the driver updates that you need. Update, backup and restore outdated, missing or faulty drivers for more than 2,300,000 devices. Get Nvidia, Intel, Microsoft drivers.
- DriverMax Pros
- ✔ Automatic driver checks
- ✔ Low resource consumption
- DriverMax Cons
- ✘ No support for MacOS, Linux
- ✘ Download speed
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| ✔ Driver scan ✔ Updates ✔ History | ||||||
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DriverFix that will help your computer run faster and better, and you just have to enjoy its performance and performance. The program contains five panels: Scan, Updates Center, Settings, License Key, all these panels are used to work in the program, and are also necessary so that you can perform all the operations you need with the functions and tools of the program. In one click you can eliminate technical shortcomings on your computer, as well as update all drivers to the latest version and improve the performance of your computer to the maximum. The program also has many auxiliary functions and tools that will allow you to work with the program at a comfortable level, as well as get the most out of it.
- DriverFix Pros
- ✔ Quickly and effectively performs tasks
- ✔ Multiple interface languages
- ✔ Light on PC resources
- DriverFix Cons
- ✘ No macOS version
- ✘ Old drivers need manual removal
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| ✔ 5M database ✔ Automatically scan ✔ Backups | ||||
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Easily fix and update device drivers. Reduce freezing and crashing, speed up browsing and downloading, gaming and video playback, fix sound issues, scan for drivers. Automatically scans the whole computer for outdated, missing, or corrupt drivers. Provides 5 million hardware drivers and software updates. Only installs secure drivers - official drivers from 1,300 major brands. Make backups of drivers and restore unwanted changes. Installs drivers one by one to reduce hardware load.
- AVG Driver Updater Pros
- ✔ 5 million drivers
- ✔ Free trial
- ✔ 1,300 driver brands
- AVG Driver Updater Cons
- ✘ No free version
- ✘ Bundles other AVG products
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| ✔ Windows OS ✔ Detect, scan ✔ Fix errors | ||
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Brings you: audio/sound drivers, bluetooth drivers, keyboard and mouse drivers, network drivers, printer drivers, USB stick drivers, video and graphic drivers, phone drivers, webcam drivers. The DriverFinder driver database is sourced 24/7/365 from device manufacturers worldwide. Together with our Precision PC Scanning Technology, users are promised the most applicable drivers for in just a few clicks.
- Driver Finder Pros
- ✔ Direct and functional app
- ✔ Low system requirements
- ✔ Customer support
- Driver Finder Cons
- ✘ Windows only
- ✘ Requires Internet connection
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| ✔ 1M database ✔ Auto-updates ✔ Freemium | ||
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When Windows needs an upgrade, when PC crashes, when printer won't work - Driver Scout comes in handy. It gets things running again, and also rids of stuff that slows computer down. Scan whenever you like, set the scheduler for automatic updates, download individual drivers manually, make backups.
- Free Driver Scout Pros
- ✔ Free software
- ✔ Stable performance
- Free Driver Scout Cons
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ Scan & install ✔ 5 devices ✔ Support | ||||
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Award-winning cloud-based technology finds the latest driver updates to help your PC perform at lightning speed. Reduce the time it takes you to optimize your PC with a driver scan equally as thorough as it is efficient. Driver Updater app identifies the necessary downloads to update your system listing them for easy installation.
- Slimware Driver Update Pros
- ✔ Trusted vendor
- ✔ Ability to download manually
- Slimware Driver Update Cons
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ 1.2M database ✔ Scheduled scans ✔ Backups | ||
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Automatically update all your device drivers, all the time, with Smart Driver Updater. Ensure stability of your PC with just a few clicks - SDU will analyze the drivers on your PC and recommend updates from a database containing over 1 million files. Drivers for majority of hardware devices - motherboards, video cards, sound cards, network cards, modems, monitors, keyboards, cameras, etc.
- Smart Driver Updater Pros
- ✔ Scheduler
- ✔ Automatically updates old drivers
- Smart Driver Updater Cons
- ✘ Free scan only in trial
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ Auto-checks ✔ Updater ✔ History | ||
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Automatic scan for drivers on a daily basis. Find, download, install, update drivers within a single program. Works on Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP. Interface comes with many languages to choose from.
- Slimware Driver Update Pros
- ✔ Daily updates
- ✔ PC cleaner included
- Slimware Driver Update Cons
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ No malware guarantee ✔ Scheduled scans ✔ Backups | ||
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Advanced Driver Updater is an easy-to-use utility that scans your system for outdated drivers, and updates them for peak performance. Your computer will run faster - much faster - if you have the latest drivers installed. Drivers are the software that allow Windows to communicate with your computer's hardware. Updates drivers crucial for 4K videos and high FPS gaming.
- Advanced Driver Updater Pros
- ✔ Systweak product
- ✔ Driver Exclusion List
- Advanced Driver Updater Cons
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ Updater ✔ Whitelist ✔ Backups | ||||
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WinZip Driver Updater has an extensive database of the most up-to-date drivers for software and hardware devices. Driver updater will scan your system and identify outdated Windows drivers. It will also update them, backup and restore them if needed, let you exclude drivers that are already up to date, let you schedule scans and checks.
- WinZip Driver Updater Pros
- ✔ Powered by WinZip
- ✔ Free
- WinZip Driver Updater Cons
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ Flexible scheduler ✔ Sound notifications ✔ Restore points | ||
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Bit Driver Updater is a relatively new product from Germany that is rapidly gaining users all over the world. Its main traits are simplicity and functionality. Easy-to-use menu contains all important features of driver updater software, conveniently grouped in tabs. Thanks to this, even inexperienced users need only a few minutes to start using it. It has a huge database of actual updates, proving to be of high efficiency. Also it has a built-in tool for rolling back to previous versions of drivers and creating their local backups.
- Bit Driver Updater Pros
- ✔ Manual driver backup/restore
- ✔ Auto-scan on system load
- Bit Driver Updater Cons
- ✘ Only dark interface theme
- ✘ One-click update only in Pro
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| ✔ Backup system drivers ✔ Game Repair tool ✔ Hardware Detection | ||
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Formerly known as DriveTheLife, Driver Talent scans for outdated or missing drivers and installs them automatically. In addition to updating drivers, this software also fixes corrupt drivers. Driver Talent has a built-in evaluation system that allows users to quickly identify driver versions that may cause problems. Also, it automatically detects USB devices and printers, including those only available as network devices.
- Driver Talent Pros
- ✔ Recovery of faulty drivers
- ✔ Fast driver downloads
- ✔ Lifetime license
- Driver Talent Cons
- ✘ Reinstall to change language
- ✘ Not loading drivers detected as corrupt
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| ✔ One-click repair ✔ Fix broken drivers ✔ Restore points | ||
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This app was introduced by a vendor with 20+ years of experience in PC maintenance software developing. Ashampoo Driver Updater helps troubleshoot problems caused by outdated drivers. It regularly searches for new driver versions on official manufacturers websites in order to keep their database relevant. All drivers are being saved on a local disk, which makes it possible to use them even if Internet connection is unavailable.
- Ashampoo Driver Updater Pros
- ✔ Support for 150.000 devices
- ✔ One license for 3 devices
- Ashampoo Driver Updater Cons
- ✘ No ability to cancel scheduled tasks
- ✘ Basic design
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| ✔ Hardware detect ✔ Driver auto-setup ✔ Discounts | ||
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A bit antiquated design of Driver Magician covers a powerful and functional software. One of the exclusive features is the ability to create 4 different types of backups: "as is" to a folder, zip archive, self-extracting app and self-installing app. The last one type is the most interesting, with it users don't need to search for location and special software to reinstall drivers. Also it supports recovery from all types of backups and unknown devices detection.
- Driver Magician Pros
- ✔ Drivers uninstalling
- ✔ Offline drivers database
- Driver Magician Cons
- ✘ Obsolete design
- ✘ Only trial
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| ✔ Driver versions ✔ Database online ✔ History | ||
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DriverHub provides one of the largest driver databases among similar programs. It has a bit of a utilitarian menu in a dark theme, which also makes it easy to master. After completing the initial scan, DriverHub selects the most suitable drivers for the system. Yet, unlike other driver updaters, there are always available alternative driver versions, if current version is incompatible or unwanted.
- DriverHub Pros
- ✔ No custom driver backups
- ✔ Supports 14 types of devices
- ✔ Absolutely free
- DriverHub Cons
- ✘ Requires stable Internet connection
- ✘ Can't work in background mode
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| ✔ Status monitor ✔ Software tips ✔ BSoD analyzer | ||
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Driver Pack Solution started a few years ago as a startup, and today is one of the popular driver updaters. It has a lot of advantages, e.g. it is absolutely free, is suitable for any computer, in addition to drivers it contains a geographically tailored list of recommended software from top vendors (Avast, Opera, Microsoft etc).
- DriverPack Pros
- ✔ Voice assistant
- ✔ Offline mode
- DriverPack Cons
- ✘ High Internet traffic
- ✘ Analytics collection enabled by default
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| ✔ Partially SaaS ✔ BSoD analysis ✔ Hardware report | ||
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DriversCloud has its own exclusive algorithm for finding and updating drivers. Scan results are available online only, but users can export it. Also there is a possibility to create a profile on the DriversCloud website to save and track changes in scan reports, as well as to share scan results and create GIF signatures with current PC configuration.
- DriversCloud Pros
- ✔ Supports 25+ device categories
- ✔ Offline mode
- DriversCloud Cons
- ✘ A lot excess steps
- ✘ No scheduler, no backups
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| ✔ Driver list export ✔ Group updates ✔ 2 driver sources | ||
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Driver Update Monitor (DUMo) is small in size but fast and handy There are two lists for unwanted updates. The first one for those who will be ignored, as in the traditional ignore list, and the second list to postpone the notifications about updates for a while. It will be very useful for those who prefer to use only stable drivers.
- DUMo KC Softwares Pros
- ✔ Lifetime license
- ✔ Recognizes virtual devices
- DUMo KC Softwares Cons
- ✘ No backup system
- ✘ Obsolete design
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| ✔ Full devices list ✔ PC configuration ✔ USB detect | ||
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UpdateStar has amassed 12+ years of experience in developing software and UpdateStar Drivers is their main product. Its advantage is an optimized delivery system that downloads drivers from official vendors websites directly in the program. Also users can create driver backup before installing updates.
- UpdateStar Pros
- ✔ UpdateStar
- ✔ Custom driver backup
- UpdateStar Cons
- ✘ Hard-to-reach support
- ✘ Low detection rate
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| ✔ Driver beta versions ✔ Driver uninstaller ✔ Hardware scan | ||
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The Superlink Driver Match Technology team has been collecting and publishing drivers from official sources for quite some time. Then, for a convenient use of their database, they created DriverToolkit. When installed, it automatically finds and fixes outdated drivers on your PC. Besides, there is a tool for safe removal of unused drivers.
- Driver Scape Pros
- ✔ The ability to select drivers for backup
- ✔ Nice clean interface
- ✔ Online support 24/7
- Driver Scape Cons
- ✘ Only trial version available for free
- ✘ Does not display driver source
- ✘ Pop-up messages
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| ✔ Detection ✔ Brand drivers ✔ All OS | ||
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Driver Reviver is easy and quick to use, it includes safety features like automatic backups, restore wizard, exclusions, scheduler and more. Driver Reviver lets a user scan hardware to identify current drivers installed and offers the most up-to-date version. Once the required updates are identified, Driver Reviver will download and install all updates from one central location.
- Driver Reviver Pros
- ✔ Multiple languages
- ✔ Good price
- Driver Reviver Cons
- ✘ No info about database and updates
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| ✔ Updater ✔ Fixer ✔ Backups | ||||
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DriverDoc will deal with frustration related to Microsoft driver updates. While manual search and installation consumes time and effort, this app for Windows is designed to automate this task instead. Good for old devices and OS versions that are no longer supported.
- DriverDoc Pros
- ✔ Deals with old systems and OS versions
- DriverDoc Cons
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ Offline work ✔ Updater ✔ Windows | ||
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As simple as it could be: download the program, start scanning, update or fix drivers. Files for sound cards, printers, CD/DVD drives, web cameras, and everything else on Windows computers. Fix wrong driver version issues.
- DriverIdentifier Pros
- ✔ Can work without Internet
- DriverIdentifier Cons
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ Auto-checks ✔ Updater ✔ History | ||
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Automatic scan for drivers on a daily basis. Find, download, install, update drivers within a single program. Works on Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP. Interface comes with many languages to choose from.
- Carambis Driver Updater Pros
- ✔ Daily updates
- ✔ PC cleaner included
- Carambis Driver Updater Cons
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ 1M database ✔ Auto-updates ✔ Freemium | ||
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When Windows needs an upgrade, when PC crashes, when printer won't work - Driver Scout comes in handy. It gets things running again, and also rids of stuff that slows computer down. Scan whenever you like, set the scheduler for automatic updates, download individual drivers manually, make backups.
- Free Driver Scout Pros
- ✔ Free software
- ✔ Stable performance
- Free Driver Scout Cons
- ✘ Windows only
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| ✔ 5M database ✔ Automatically scan ✔ Backsups | ||
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Easily fix and update device drivers. Reduce freezing and crashing, speed up browsing and downloading, gaming and video playback, fix sound issues, scan for drivers. Automatically scans the whole computer for outdated, missing, or corrupt drivers. Provides 5 million hardware drivers and software updates. Only installs secure drivers - official drivers from 1,300 major brands. Make backups of drivers and restore unwanted changes. Installs drivers one by one to reduce hardware load.
- AVG Driver Updater Pros
- ✔ 5 million drivers
- ✔ Free trial
- ✔ 1,300 driver brands
- AVG Driver Updater Cons
- ✘ No free version
- ✘ Bundles other AVG products
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| ✔ 3TB database ✔ Win 7, 8, 10 ✔ WHQL and non-WHQL drivers | ||
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Device Doctor is a free Windows application that scans your computer hardware and checks to see if there are new driver updates available for your devices. It also locates drivers for "unidentified devices" in the Windows Device Manager. Provides drivers for every major computer hardware and device manufacturer and more than 3 TB of drivers currently in the database.
- Device Doctor Pro Pros
- ✔ Free app
- ✔ Fast hardware scan
- Device Doctor Pro Cons
- ✘ Windows only
Let's begin from short comparison of driver updater software key characteristics:
| Product | Menu languages | Drivers database | Installer file size | Disk space require | Pro version | Tray app |
| Driver Booster | 49 | 3.000.000 | 24 MB | 111 MB | $22.95 | ✔ |
| Driver Easy | 14 | 8.000.000 | 14 MB | 15 MB | $29.95 | ✘ |
| DriverFix | 18 | 18.000.000 | 1 MB | 28 MB | $19.95 | ✔ |
| Driver Finder | 1 | 1.000.000 | 1 MB | 14 MB | $29.95 | ✔ |
| Bit Driver Updater | 41 | N/A | 8 MB | 27 MB | $24.95 | ✔ |
| DriverMax | 17 | 2.300.000 | 6 MB | 15 MB | $10.39 | ✔ |
| Avast Driver Updater | 13 | 500.000 | 2 MB | 136 MB | $39.99 | ✔ |
| Snappy Driver Installer | 41 | N/A | 27 MB | 27 MB | ✘ | ✘ |
| Driver Talent | 16 | 500.000 | 23 MB | 71 MB | $19.95 | ✔ |
| Device Doctor | 1 | 1.100.000 | 6 MB | 24 MB | ✘ | ✘ |
| WinZip Driver Updater | 16 | N/A | 18 MB | 46 MB | $29.95 | ✔ |
| Smart Driver Care | 2 | 1.200.000 | 6 MB | 23 MB | $39.95 | ✔ |
| Driver Genius | 6 | 1.500.000 | 24 MB | 66 MB | $22.95 | ✔ |
| DriverDoc | 1 | 16.000.000 | 6 MB | 18 MB | $39.95 | ✔ |
| Carambis Driver Updater | 16 | 230.000 | 2 MB | 24 MB | $9.95 | ✘ |
| Driver Reviver | 15 | 1.000.000 | 18 MB | 45 MB | $29.99 | ✔ |
| Advanced Driver Reviver | 14 | N/A | 10 MB | 22 MB | $39.95 | ✔ |
| Ashampoo Driver Updater | 25 | N/A | 14 MB | 25 MB | $19.00 | ✔ |
| Auslogics Driver Updater | 7 | N/A | 13 MB | 43 MB | $33.96 | ✔ |
| AVG Driver Updater | 13 | 500.000 | 45 MB | 138 MB | $39.99 | ✔ |
| Driver Magician | 13 | N/A | 5 MB | 8 MB | $29.95 | ✘ |
| Driver Fusion | 42 | 10.000.000 | 34 MB | 29 MB | $19.99 | ✔ |
| DriverHub | 25 | N/A | 2 MB | 59 MB | ✘ | ✔ |
| DriverPack Solution | 52 | N/A | 6 MB | 16 MB | ✘ | ✔ |
| DriversCloud | 7 | N/A | 9 MB | 23 MB | ✘ | ✘ |
| DUMo | 15 | N/A | 4 MB | 9 MB | $14.99 | ✘ |
| Slimware DriveUpdate | 5 | N/A | 1 MB | 41 MB | $19.97 | ✔ |
| UpdateStar Drivers | 1 | 1.746.000 | 1 MB | 14 MB | $29.95 | ✔ |
| Outbyte Driver Updater | 7 | N/A | 13 MB | 52 MB | $29.95 | ✔ |
| DriverToolkit | 2 | N/A | 3 MB | 7 MB | $29.90 | ✔ |
Based on all aforementioned information and test conducted for each product, we've compiled the top-10 best performing programs, taking into account the number of driver and software updates offered and scan times.
| Product | Driver Updates | Software Updates | Scan time (mm:ss:ms) | Driver Restore | Driver Backup |
| Driver Booster | 13 | 13 | 0:06:67 | Pro | Pro |
| Driver Easy | 10 | 0 | 0:11:84 | Pro | Pro |
| DriverFix | 10 | 0 | 0:16:21 | ✘ | ✘ |
| DriverMax | 14 | 4 | 0:19:96 | ✔ | ✔ |
| WinZip Driver Updater | 11 | 0 | 0:06:37 | ✔ | ✔ |
| Smart Driver Care | 12 | 0 | 0:11:83 | Pro | Pro |
| Carambis Driver Updater | 15 | 0 | 0:08:22 | ✘ | ✔ |
| Driver Reviver | 11 | 0 | 0:07:46 | ✔ | ✔ |
| Driver Fusion | 10 | 0 | 0:09:43 | ✔ | ✔ |
| DriverToolkit | 15 | 0 | 0:03:31 | ✔ | ✔ |
Frequently asked questions
- Why is it important to update drivers?
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In a world full of cyber criminals, keeping the computer drivers updated is essential as it may reduce chances of cyber-attacks. Keeping your drivers up to date will also help boost your PC performance as well as take advantage of new features upon release. A PC full of outdated drivers will likely be destabilized and slow, therefore, making it difficult to run the latest programs as well as have an amazing gaming experience.
- What does a driver update do?
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A proper driver update could ensure overall PC stability, no errors with connected hardware, enhance gaming experience, improve data security, increase graphic card performance. Basically, a driver update is getting the newest possible version of specific computer drivers, or finding and installing new drivers required for certain apps or hardware.
- How often should you update drivers?
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Drivers are like a user-manual, by keeping them up to date all the time, hardware software will function smoothly and at their best capability. Logically, it would make more sense for one to update their drivers whenever a chance arises. Good thing is that driver update software can scan and indicate drivers that need an update. Thus, you do not need to go through a painful period of searching for an update in each of your PC devices.
- Is it safe to use a driver updater?
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Since driver update software has access to vital computer programs, the safety of certain a driver updater can be measured by the vendor reputation. Also, to be safe, it is good to check whether or not the driver finder gives information about where they get their drivers. In most cases, reputable driver update software gives full details or guarantee that the drivers are obtained from Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) sources.
- What is the best driver updater for free?
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Start from the top of this article to explore apps like Driver Booster, DriverMax, Driver Easy, Avast Driver Updater, Snappy, Device Doctor, TweakBit and more. Learn all the pros and cons, see how they perform in action and choose accordingly.
- What drivers do I need to update?
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Keyboard drivers, webcam drivers, modem drivers, motherboard drivers, video/audio/graphics drivers, network drivers, USB drivers, mouse drivers, printer/scanner drivers are particularly important. That is not the full list though.
- Do I have to update drivers on Windows 10?
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Driver updates for Windows 10 happen by default and in the background via Windows Update, when activated. You can also manually update or install driver too, of course.
- How to know if drivers are up to date?
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Go to Control Panel - Hardware and Sound - Device Drivers. Select a device you want to check, then - Action - Update Driver Software. Then it will be scanned and display whether a new driver version is available.
- How to choose the best driver update tool?
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Find the Apple icon in the top left corner, click it, then select "Software Update". Available updates , if any, will be listed and ready for a download. When installing drivers manually, please make sure to download the Mac version.
- How to update drivers on iPad?
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According to Apple support, you have to click and hold the Start button, then go to Device Manager. Locate a connected device (iPhone in this case), right-click it and select Update driver. Then select Search Automatically for Updated Driver Software option.
- How to install/update drivers on Ubuntu?
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Navigate to Software Settings - Additional Drivers tab. Install the drivers and restart a computer.
- How to install hardware drivers on Linux?
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You can check the driver version on the manufacturer website. Or use driver updater software, which automatically checks the relevance for all drivers installed in the system.
- Do I have to pay for driver updates?
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No, all major manufacturers provide drivers on their sites as part of customer service. But driver updater software is standalone software that may be paid.
- How do I find missing drivers?
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Go to the Control panel and open Device Manager. All hardware with errors will be displayed and marked with a yellow triangle. Also here you can check the current version for each driver.